Carrier profile · USDOT 316493 · MC-241526 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tkng Transportation Inc

8 power unitsavg 2.1 yrMulti-region · 9 statesCARLINVILLE, IL76/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-241526 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 18.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 15.0 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 3

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 8-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
8
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

85%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
39%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 383.95 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 387.303 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Crash history· 44 total · 1 in 24 mo

44
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20232022
20212002
20191001
20171001
20162122
20151001
20141001
20121011
20102002
20093013
20082012
20073012
20063013
20055045
20042002
20032011
20021001
20013113
20001001
19992012
19921001
19912021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 4, 2026IA00Yes
May 12, 2023NC01Yes
May 1, 2023IL01Yes
Dec 18, 2021IN00Yes
Nov 26, 2021IL00Yes
Apr 2, 2019IL00Yes
Apr 6, 2017IL00Yes
Jun 8, 2016IL11Yes
Apr 11, 2016IL01Yes
Sep 14, 2015IL00Yes
Dec 22, 2014IL00Yes
Jun 28, 2012IL01Yes
Sep 19, 2010MO00Yes
Sep 14, 2010IL00Yes
Dec 18, 2009IL00Yes
Dec 8, 2009MO00Yes
Oct 28, 2009MO01Yes
Dec 28, 2008IL00Yes
Aug 20, 2008MO01Yes
Dec 6, 2007IL01No
Aug 23, 2007IL00Yes
Apr 2, 2007IL00Yes
Nov 17, 2006MO01Yes
Mar 21, 2006IL00Yes
Mar 9, 2006TX00Yes